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Michael Jordan shatters backboard in 1985 exhibition (VIDEO)

On August 25, 1985, Michael Jordan was preparing for his second season in the NBA by playing in a Nike exhibition game in Trieste, Italy. It was there he made one of most spectacular dunks. Chances are, you've

Michael Jordan shatters backboard in 1985 exhibition (VIDEO)

On August 25, 1985, Michael Jordan was preparing for his second season in the NBA by playing a Nike exhibition game in Trieste, Italy. In that game, he made one of most spectacular dunks. Chances are, you've never seen it until today.

MJ is the most documented athlete of our generation. There are 611 results for "Michael Jordan DVD" on Amazon. Kobe Bryant, LeBron James, Magic Johnson and Larry Bird don't have half that many combined. If you ever watched a SportsCenter or one of Jordan's DVDs in a dorm room, chances are you've seen clips of his greatest hits (the shot over Ehlo, soaring in the dunk contest, his "final" shot against the Jazz) dozens of times.

Not the drunk from Trieste. None of my six colleagues in our work chat room had seen the clip, and these are sports fans who spend all day on the Internet. How did we miss it? Sure, the clip was uploaded to YouTube back in 2008 and has been viewed over 4.7 million times (just on the video site), but somehow it slipped under our purview.

You may have seen it. You probably haven't. Either way, you're going to hit play, because you're either curious what it's like to see the greatest basketball player ever shatter a backboard or you already know and simply have to see it again.